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The major in women's studies consists of at least nine courses, including Introduction to Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, and the Senior Seminar. Three or more additional courses must be taken at the 300 level or above. Women's Studies majors who have taken a first-year seminar with a member of the Women's Studies faculty may petition the Women's Studies Coordinator to count that FYS towards credit for the major. Women's studies majors are urged to pursue internships, service learning opportunities and independent research that will complement their course work in women's studies.
Introduction and theory
Wmst 201 Introduction to Women's Studies
Wmst 312 Feminist Theory
Wmst 401 Senior Seminar
Women in U.S. society
Two of the following:
Arth 370 Women at Work: Art History and Feminism
Econ 241 Women in U.S. Economy
Hist 232 Women in North America to 1790
Hist 233 U.S. Women, 1790-1890
Hist 234 U.S. Women since 1890
Soc 260 Gender Inequality
Soc 320 Race, Gender and Poverty
Other courses may qualify with permission of the women's studies advisor.
Women in international perspective
Two of the following:
Anth 255 Women in Africa
Anth 260 Women and Development
Anth 350 Gender and Social Organization
Arth 225 Status, Gender and Identity in Japanese Visual Culture
Arth 311 Anatomies 1400-1600: Sexual, Forbidden and Monstrous
Clas 266 Women, Power and Paganism
Econ 233 Sweatshops in the World Economy
Fr 331 Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World
Ger 267 Lulu, Lola and Leni: Women of German Cinema
Hisp 370 Studies on Hispanic Women Writers
Hist 225 Women in East Asia: Japan and Korea
Hist 227 Women in East Asia: China
Itas 235 Italian Women Writers in Translation
Rel 142 Religion and Sexuality
Russ 284 Women in Russian Culture
Soc 310 Beyond Global Feminism
Wmst 228 Transnational Feminisms
Electives
Two of the following not used above:
Anth 255 Women in Africa
Anth 260 Women and Development
Anth 350 Gender and Social Organization
Arth 225 Status, Gender and Identity in Japanese Visual Culture
Arth 298 Construction of Early Modern Gender
Arth 336 Sex and Death in Early Modern Venice
Arth 311 Anatomies 1400-1600: Sexual, Forbidden and Monstrous
Clas 266 Women, Power and Paganism
Econ 233 Sweatshops in the World Economy
Econ 241 Women in U.S. Economy
Eng 236 Sex, Work and the Victorians
Eng 240 Gender, Genre and Poetry
Eng 247 Feminist Fiction
Eng 272 Romancing the Novel
Eng 348 Sexual Politics of Film Noir
Eng 377 Feminist Criticism
Fr 331 Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World
Hisp 370 Studies on Hispanic Women Writers
Hist 225 Women in East Asia: Japan and Korea
Hist 227 Women in East Asia: China
Hist 232 Women in North America to 1790
Hist 233 U.S. Women, 1790-1890
Hist 234 U.S. Women since 1890
Hist 340 Gender and Work in the 19th Century U.S.
Hist 341 Sex and Culture in the 19th Century U.S.
Hist 398 Sex and Gender
Itas 235 Italian Women Writers in Translation
Phil 255 Feminism, Philosophy and the Law
Phil 398 Plato Seminar
Pols 025 Legal Issues in Public Policy: The Law of Sexuality and Gender
Psy 261 Psychobiology of Sex and Gender
Psy 235 Human Sexuality
Psy 290 Psychology of Women
Rel 142 Religion and Sexuality
Russ 284 Women in Russian Culture
Soc 260 Gender Inequality
Soc 290 Sociology of Sexualities
Soc 310 Beyond Global Feminism
Soc 311 Violence against Women
Soc 320 Race, Gender and Poverty
Soc 392 Feminist Research
Wmst 298 Experimental Courses
Wmst 315 Black Feminist Theory
Wmst 399 Independent Study
Wmst 500 Individual Research